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Microsoft and News Corp in Yahoo Bid Talks

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-will-be-assimilated dept.

KingAlanI writes "The New York Times website is reporting that Microsoft is trying another angle in its bid for Yahoo: joining up with another behemoth, Murdoch's News Corporation. This is still very much in the preliminary stage, if anything, but an important development to consider. The idea of Yahoo working with fellow Web giant Google, in a plan to counteract Microsoft's takeover plan, is also discussed."

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  1. Better link by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is a better link because it's reg-free.

    The wrinkly photo of Murdoch (complete with disembodied hand) is just icing on the cake.

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    1. Re:Better link by fondacio · · Score: 2, Informative

      The NYT hasn't been required registration since last September, when it also dropped its "Times Select" strategy of paying for its columnists that didn't work out. The link from the summary still contains the "?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" bit, but even if you are not signed in you can access the article just as easily as on the website of the IHT (which, by the way, is fully owned by the NYT company).

  2. Time-Warner Is Also Making A Play by blcamp · · Score: 5, Informative


    Don't count out another media player:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0929033920080410?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

    Hard to know whether this is going to turn into a bidding war, but no matter what happens, Yahoo's days as an independant 'net player on the big stage are numbered.

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  3. Re:Is this a poison pill strategy? by Ngarrang · · Score: 3, Informative

    The parent wrote, "It's been a long time since I had a business class. Isn't this what is called the poison pill? Either buying up things that make the company a poor purchase decision, or entering into contracts that do the same thing etc?"

    I think it would qualify more as a poison pill strategy if Yahoo! gave up their own ad service completely and signed a binding long-term agreement with Google, the kind that survives mergers and buy-outs.

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  4. Re:Pot, this is Kettle by ThePromenader · · Score: 1, Informative

    I couldn't care less who has the majority of the market - as long as they remain the best at what they do. Adobe for example, as far as media is concerned... but MS, with their crappy/bloated/condescending/virus-addled/insecure/monopolistic OS has no excuse - and can have no complaint in the matter. Google is an example to follow, not one to complain about.

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